Nic Rigby
BBC News, East

Thanks for your tweets tonight on the #EastDebate, external. If you missed the programme as it was broadcast it's now available on the BBC iPlayer.

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Andrew Sinclair
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I also thought it was interesting when Norman Lamb answered the question on whether we need a train service from Norwich to London in 90 minutes.

He said the main thing he wanted was a "reliable service".

Andrew Sinclair
Political correspondent, BBC East

A sparky audience for tonight's debate.

With the first question on immigration, and bearing in mind it was a balanced audience, there was anger with UKIP about its perceived views on immigration.

There was a lot of applause when Rupert Read said the economic crisis was due to bankers not immigrants.

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Mr Read adds that he "wants to see a future where people are not in fear of immigrants".

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Andy Sawford (Labour) says we need to take a fair approach to public services which can be achieved through a Labour government.

Douglas Carswell (UKIP) says so many things are better in this country because they have not been run by politicians.

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Candidates are asked their views of the future:

Norman Lamb (Lib Dem) says he sees the East as a "dynamic region" which can give good life chances to its young people to succeed.

Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) says: "Norfolk is a fabulous county" and she wants it to continue to contribute to it.

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Douglas Carswell (UKIP) says he was concerned about apprenticeships becoming "an excuse to hire young people on low wages".

He adds it is "important to build homes on brown field sites" and UKIP have put forward incentives to encourage this.

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Norman Lamb (Lib Dem) says former airfield sites could be used for new homes.

He said new internships had been a success.

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Rupert Read (Green Party) says: "We believe 500,000 new homes should be built, this is social housing.

"We need to end the Thatcherite madness of right-to-buy (with the selling off of council homes)."

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Audience member Colin Bye asks: "Young people growing up in rural areas of East Anglia face many challenges. What are the candidates proposals for developing jobs and homes for these young people into the future?"

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Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) says if you vote Conservative you will get to Norwich in 90 minutes "over the next five years".

Andy Sawford (Labour) says Labour invested in Corby station and are committed to investments in the railways.

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Norman Lamb (Lib Dems) says it is essential they get "more investment".

Andrew Sinclair, BBC East political correspondent, tweets, external: . @normanlamb makes interesting point in #eastdebate :do we really need Norwich in 90 minutes wouldn't norwich in RELIABLE 2 hrs be better

An audience member asks when will we be able to travel by rail to Norwich from London in 90 minutes.

It's been an issue of great debate in the East of the region for some time.

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A audience member asks if the panellists use the NHS: When asked to raise their hands - they all say they do and don't have a private health scheme.

Mike Liggins tweets, external: By the way .. @normanlamb came from London for #eastdebate. Then went back to London for #Newsnight. Says he's running on adrenalin..

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Rupert Read (Green Party) said greater use of the NHS was partly due to people suffering the ill effects of air pollution.

"Greens have a policy to tackle air pollution," he says.

"Labour, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives have, bit by bit, been privatising the NHS."

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Mr Lamb says the NHS should not be a "political football" and he called for all parties to come together to find a solution to the problems of the NHS.

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Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) says: "We need to have GP surgeries open for longer.

"We are pledged by 2020 to have them open seven days a week."

She said that locally they are inter-grating surgeries with local hospitals and A&E departments.